Two major business leaders and one of the founders of the civil rights movement will today receive honorary degrees from our two universities.

Civil rights activist Ivan Cooper will be honoured by the Ulster University at its Magee campus for his contribution to politics, while Queen's University will honour Moy Park chief executive Janet McCollum and Dr Donal Denvir, co-founder of Andor Technology.

Speaking ahead of the ceremony at Queen's, Mrs McCollum congratulated all the graduates who will receive degrees today.

"It is particularly special to receive this honour from such a prestigious institution, which year after year produces high-quality graduates who contribute immensely to the growth and success of businesses like Moy Park," she added.

"I share this day with many other graduates who will soon be taking the first steps on their career paths.

"I congratulate all on their achievements and wish everyone the greatest success for the future."

Andor Technology began as a Queen's spin-out company and currently has 400 employees in 16 offices worldwide and distributes its products to 10,000 customers in 55 countries.

Professor Robert Bowman, from Queen's School of Mathematics and Physics, said that since co-founding Andor, Mr Denvir's continued influence and leadership had been "instrumental in (building) the company's world-leading reputation for the development of scientific cameras and spectrographic and imaging systems".

Queen's has created 73 spin-out companies, which employ more than 1,800 people and have a combined turnover of £198m.

School Of Biological Sciences

Doctor Of Philosophy

Kenneth James Bodles

Anthony Ryan Caravaggi

Deborah Elizabeth Cox

Lourdes De La Mata Saez

Lawrence Eric Eagling

Marilyn Ennis

Sian Marjorie Farrar

Fergal Glynn

Caroline Elizabeth Handford

Haroon Iqbal

Ruth Ann Kinkead

Lasanthi Renuka Jayathunge Kodikara Gedara

Rebecca Kyle

Jonathan William Ernest Lappin

Claire Frances Mccambridge

David William Mcclune

Maeve Palmer

Lauren Heloise Sumner-Rooney

Jodie Sarah Maria Wilson

Lichun Zhang

Yiguang Zhao

Nadescha Zwerschke

Master Of Philosophy

Di Han

Natasha Christina Logan

Laura Margaret Mcclintock

Siobhan Michelle O’hora

Master Of Science

Communication — Strategic Management For Rural Business

With Commendation

Julie Gregg

Rebecca Charlotte Johnston

Ciaran Joseph O’kane

Jemma Elizabeth Walker

Pass

Orla Kelly

Communication Training And Development For Rural Business

With Commendation

Nicola Marie Forsythe

Philip Kerr

Natasha Marie Rooney

Ursula M Stewart

Pass

Laura Margaret Orr

Ecological Management And Conservation Biology

With Distinction

Justin Judge

With Commendation

Richard James Dorman

Master in Science

First Class Honours

Jack Carson

Claire Marie Hill

Bachelor Of Science

Single Honours Schools

First Class Honours

Naomi Sarah Agnew

Sarah Allen

Kyle Armstrong Boyd

Matthew William James Bradford

Joseph Ryan Branagh

Luke William Joseph Cameron

Laura May Eunice Campbell

Cara Nevin Coburn

Jonathon Dean Coey

Laura Grace Cull

James Dickey

Ruth Donnelly

Rachel Anne Elliott

Rebecca Ruth Ellis

Alana Frampton

Rebecca Elizabeth Freeburn

Shauneen Mary Gollogly

Grainne Maria Gordon

Kathryn Margaret Maud Henry

Matthew Thomas James

Brianna Danielle Johnston

Michael John Kelly

Daniel Maurice John Knowles

Hannah Lorraine Livingstone

Emma Caroline Maloco

Bethany Elisha Jane Mcburney

James Hugh Mccaughern

Aaron Kevin Mcginty

Fiona Maria Mc Kay

Rachel Sharon Mckibben

Ashleigh Mckinstry

Siobhan Mc Nally

Connie Darmanin Murray

Kathy O’hagan

Robert William Martin Patterson

Joanna Marion Porter

Jillian Rebecca Robb

Curtis James Robinson

Hannah Elizabeth Rooney

Ciara Ross

Francesca Alice Ross

James Arthur Sloan

Clara Valderrama

Duncan Wells

Hannah Isabella Williamson

Second Class Honours, First Division

Chris William Alexander

Roger James Allen

Stephanie Charlotte Allen

Morna Diana Gwendolyn Andrews

Chloe Louise Armstrong

Ursula Ellen Arthur

Amy Louise Banks

Jessica Rachel Baxter

Amy Bell

Liam John James Blakely

Paul Jonathan Borne

David Boyd

Matthew Brady

Conor Paul Brown

Nathan Leslie Brown

James Brownlee

Holli Burgon

Denise Byrne

Ryan James Cahoon

Elizabeth Pearl Calvin

Aislinn Campbell

Oisín Tadhg Cappa

Andrew Clarke

George Cole

Patrick Collins

Erin Breffni Connolly

Claire Victoria Copeland

Christina Kennedy Corbett

Peter Thomas Crossley

Rebecca Jo Davison

Hannah Mary Dolan

Phillip Donaldson

Claire Maria Donnelly

Conor Michael Donnelly

Margaret Mary Donnelly

James William Edgar

Cormac James Fearon

Shane Paul Forester

Conor James Gerard Gallagher

William James Gibson

Emma Mae Gorst

Barry David Green

Rose Marie Griffith

Jayme Hamilton

Mark Hamilton

Rachel Natasha Hamilton

Paige Amber Havlin

Eamon Healy

Stephanie Elizabeth Heaney

Laura Hunter

Amy Hutchison

Jemma Jackson

Aaron Paul Kane

Robert Andrew Keatley

Sean Eoghan Keenan

Amanda Kowalczyk

Dominika Lastik

Callum James Duncan Lee

Matthew Lennon

Zara Leslie

Gary John Daniel Logue

Finbar James Lunney

Barry Leonard Marshall

Curtis Martin

Thomas Gerard Martin

Stewart Mcalister

Lauren Mccormick

Christopher James Mcilwaine

Bronagh Mckay

Sarah Victoria Mckee

Kathryn Sarah Mckeown

Conor Paul Mckinley

Daryl Mclaughlin

Kevin John Mclaughlin

Laoise Ann Mcnulty Ryan Mc Polin

Karl Samuel Andrew Mcquaid

Michael James Monroe

Gemma Anne Mooney

James David Morrow

Ryan Mortimer

Chris Murphy

Tom Luke Murphy

Bronagh Chelsea Mary Murray

Catherine Murray

Katherine Frances Neeson

Nicola Anne Margaret Oliver

Callum Vincent Philipson

Katherine Elizabeth Price

Catherine Paula Quinn

Peter Aloysius Quinn

Luke Gordon Rea

Beth Russell

Naomi Heather Rutherford

Elizabeth Rachel Sands

Matthew Kevin Scott

Emma Shortt

Kyrra Rhyannon Simmons

Jason Smyth

Gary Lee Spence

Rory Stead

Daniel Thomas Storey

Claire Rachel Surgeoner

Angelika Maria Turek

Laura Tweed

Andrew James Warwick

Rachel Muriel Whyte

Rachel Victoria Wright

Shannon Yelbasi

Second Class Honours, Second Division

Kathryn Jane Allen

Christopher James Ashe

Naomi Christina Bill

Emmet Blaney

Matthew Allan Boyd

Bronagh Julie-Ann Brolly

Alice Mary Clarke

Adam Stephen Gordon Cooke

Patrick Dougan

Brian Grimley

Fionntan Hargan

Neil David Henderson

Sean Hughes

Jonathan Keenan

Aidan James Kelly

Michael Kelly

Anna Maeve Mcglinchey

Matthew Mckinney

Christopher Anthony Mcnamee

Carol Ann Moorehead

Sarah Victoria Morrison

Brendan Roberts

Kiera Stewart

Third Class Honours

Courtney Rainey

School Of Geography, Archaeology And Palaeoecology

Doctor Of Philosophy

Lauren Rose Dempster

Behnam Firoozi Nejad

Geoffrey Edward Hill

Sarah Kerr

Colm Raymond Lavery

Harry Martin Mcgeehan

Master Of Science

Heritage Science

With Distinction

Rebecca Kimberley Robinson

Master In Science

First Class Honours

Simon Kane

Michael O’mahony

Jonathan David Small

Second Class Honours, First Division

Roisin Alexandra O’neill

Ruben Manuel Ramos-Almeida

Raymond Wilson

Bachelor Of Arts

Single Honours Schools

First Class Honours

Scott Arthur James Ingram

Olivia Margaret Morris-Soper

Michelle Rosplock

Second Class Honours, First Division

Hannah Mary Durban

Aoife Mcglinchey

Ruth Taylor

Jocelyn Charles Wellings

Second Class Honours, Second Division

Daniel Neil Walls

Joint Honours Schools — Single Classification

Second Class Honours, First Division

Joshua Kyle

Second Class Honours, Second Division

Aodhan Liam Brady

Bachelor Of Science

Single Honours Schools

First Class Honours

George Patrick James Bee

Alice Louise Denholm

Laura Selina Mccoy

Niamh Ellen Mckenna

Megan Rose O’kane

Peter Daniel Luke Robinson

James Albert Thompson

Clare Walls

Thomas Whetstone

Second Class Honours, First Division

William Scott Adair

Lee-Roy Tyler Armstrong

Abigail Ballard

Isaac John Barr

Bronagh Bell

Jordan Bloomfield

Georgina Bluck

Sionon Boyle

Anna Mary Bradley

Paige Elizabeth Brown

Imogen Gabrielle Buck

Gabriella Bullman

Cloda Maria Campbell

Nicholas Thomas George Campbell

Niamh Cassidy

Natasha Jilian Cherry

Jenna Connolly

Rebecca Heather Grace Copeland

Marie Therese Crangle

Michelle Crawford

Maia Leslie Devaney

Carrie Lauren Ewing

Kathryn Farmer

Eadaoin Farrell

Erin Claire Galbraith

Ciara Ann Hagan

Jennifer Hampson

Carla Hilland

Brian Hillick

Iain Holliday

Sarah Hughes

Martin Jack Flynn Hunter

Natalie Johnston

Emma Mae Jones

Declan Kane

Ethan Robert Kerr

Keeley-Ann Kerr

Jack Peter Lynch

Benjamin John Mccadden

Rachael Mccamphill

Emma Georgina Mccandless

Niamh Mccusker

Billie-Jo Anne Jane Mcdowell

Maeve Mcgandy

Roisin Anne Mcgrane

School Of Biological Sciences

Doctor Of Philosophy

Kenneth James Bodles

Anthony Ryan Caravaggi

Deborah Elizabeth Cox

Lourdes De La Mata Saez

Lawrence Eric Eagling

Marilyn Ennis

Sian Marjorie Farrar

Fergal Glynn

Caroline Elizabeth Handford

Haroon Iqbal

Ruth Ann Kinkead

Lasanthi Renuka Jayathunge Kodikara Gedara

Rebecca Kyle

Jonathan William Ernest Lappin

Claire Frances Mccambridge

David William Mcclune

Maeve Palmer

Lauren Heloise Sumner-Rooney

Jodie Sarah Maria Wilson

Lichun Zhang

Yiguang Zhao

Nadescha Zwerschke

Master Of Philosophy

Di Han

Natasha Christina Logan

Laura Margaret Mcclintock

Siobhan Michelle O’hora

Master Of Science

Communication — Strategic Management For Rural Business

With Commendation

Julie Gregg

Rebecca Charlotte Johnston

Ciaran Joseph O’kane

Jemma Elizabeth Walker

Pass

Orla Kelly

Communication Training And Development For Rural Business

With Commendation

Nicola Marie Forsythe

Philip Kerr

Natasha Marie Rooney

Ursula M Stewart

Pass

Laura Margaret Orr

Ecological Management And Conservation Biology

With Distinction

Justin Judge

With Commendation

Richard James Dorman

Master in Science

First Class Honours

Jack Carson

Claire Marie Hill

Bachelor Of Science

Single Honours Schools

First Class Honours

Naomi Sarah Agnew

Sarah Allen

Kyle Armstrong Boyd

Matthew William James Bradford

Joseph Ryan Branagh

Luke William Joseph Cameron

Laura May Eunice Campbell

Cara Nevin Coburn

Jonathon Dean Coey

Laura Grace Cull

James Dickey

Ruth Donnelly

Rachel Anne Elliott

Rebecca Ruth Ellis

Alana Frampton

Rebecca Elizabeth Freeburn

Shauneen Mary Gollogly

Grainne Maria Gordon

Kathryn Margaret Maud Henry

Matthew Thomas James

Brianna Danielle Johnston

Michael John Kelly

Daniel Maurice John Knowles

Hannah Lorraine Livingstone

Emma Caroline Maloco

Bethany Elisha Jane Mcburney

James Hugh Mccaughern

Aaron Kevin Mcginty

Fiona Maria Mc Kay

Rachel Sharon Mckibben

Ashleigh Mckinstry

Siobhan Mc Nally

Connie Darmanin Murray

Kathy O’hagan

Robert William Martin Patterson

Joanna Marion Porter

Jillian Rebecca Robb

Curtis James Robinson

Hannah Elizabeth Rooney

Ciara Ross

Francesca Alice Ross

James Arthur Sloan

Clara Valderrama

Duncan Wells

Hannah Isabella Williamson

Second Class Honours, First Division

Chris William Alexander

Roger James Allen

Stephanie Charlotte Allen

Morna Diana Gwendolyn Andrews

Chloe Louise Armstrong

Ursula Ellen Arthur

Amy Louise Banks

Jessica Rachel Baxter

Amy Bell

Liam John James Blakely

Paul Jonathan Borne

David Boyd

Matthew Brady

Conor Paul Brown

Nathan Leslie Brown

James Brownlee

Holli Burgon

Denise Byrne

Ryan James Cahoon

Elizabeth Pearl Calvin

Aislinn Campbell

Oisín Tadhg Cappa

Andrew Clarke

George Cole

Patrick Collins

Erin Breffni Connolly

Claire Victoria Copeland

Christina Kennedy Corbett

Peter Thomas Crossley

Rebecca Jo Davison

Hannah Mary Dolan

Phillip Donaldson

Claire Maria Donnelly

Conor Michael Donnelly

Margaret Mary Donnelly

James William Edgar

Cormac James Fearon

Shane Paul Forester

Conor James Gerard Gallagher

William James Gibson

Emma Mae Gorst

Barry David Green

Rose Marie Griffith

Jayme Hamilton

Mark Hamilton

Rachel Natasha Hamilton

Paige Amber Havlin

Eamon Healy

Stephanie Elizabeth Heaney

Laura Hunter

Amy Hutchison

Jemma Jackson

Aaron Paul Kane

Robert Andrew Keatley

Sean Eoghan Keenan

Amanda Kowalczyk

Dominika Lastik

Callum James Duncan Lee

Matthew Lennon

Zara Leslie

Gary John Daniel Logue

Finbar James Lunney

Barry Leonard Marshall

Curtis Martin

Thomas Gerard Martin

Stewart Mcalister

Lauren Mccormick

Christopher James Mcilwaine

Bronagh Mckay

Sarah Victoria Mckee

Kathryn Sarah Mckeown

Conor Paul Mckinley

Daryl Mclaughlin

Kevin John Mclaughlin

Laoise Ann Mcnulty Ryan Mc Polin

Karl Samuel Andrew Mcquaid

Michael James Monroe

Gemma Anne Mooney

James David Morrow

Ryan Mortimer

Chris Murphy

Tom Luke Murphy

Bronagh Chelsea Mary Murray

Catherine Murray

Katherine Frances Neeson

Nicola Anne Margaret Oliver

Callum Vincent Philipson

Katherine Elizabeth Price

Catherine Paula Quinn

Peter Aloysius Quinn

Luke Gordon Rea

Beth Russell

Naomi Heather Rutherford

Elizabeth Rachel Sands

Matthew Kevin Scott

Emma Shortt

Kyrra Rhyannon Simmons

Jason Smyth

Gary Lee Spence

Rory Stead

Daniel Thomas Storey

Claire Rachel Surgeoner

Angelika Maria Turek

Laura Tweed

Andrew James Warwick

Rachel Muriel Whyte

Rachel Victoria Wright

Shannon Yelbasi

Second Class Honours, Second Division

Kathryn Jane Allen

Christopher James Ashe

Naomi Christina Bill

Emmet Blaney

Matthew Allan Boyd

Bronagh Julie-Ann Brolly

Alice Mary Clarke

Adam Stephen Gordon Cooke

Patrick Dougan

Brian Grimley

Fionntan Hargan

Neil David Henderson

Sean Hughes

Jonathan Keenan

Aidan James Kelly

Michael Kelly

Anna Maeve Mcglinchey

Matthew Mckinney

Christopher Anthony Mcnamee

Carol Ann Moorehead

Sarah Victoria Morrison

Brendan Roberts

Kiera Stewart

Third Class Honours

Courtney Rainey

School Of Geography, Archaeology And Palaeoecology

Doctor Of Philosophy

Lauren Rose Dempster

Behnam Firoozi Nejad

Geoffrey Edward Hill

Sarah Kerr

Colm Raymond Lavery

Harry Martin Mcgeehan

Master Of Science

Heritage Science

With Distinction

Rebecca Kimberley Robinson

Master In Science

First Class Honours

Simon Kane

Michael O’mahony

Jonathan David Small

Second Class Honours, First Division

Roisin Alexandra O’neill

Ruben Manuel Ramos-Almeida

Raymond Wilson

Bachelor Of Arts

Single Honours Schools

First Class Honours

Scott Arthur James Ingram

Olivia Margaret Morris-Soper

Michelle Rosplock

Second Class Honours, First Division

Hannah Mary Durban

Aoife Mcglinchey

Ruth Taylor

Jocelyn Charles Wellings

Second Class Honours, Second Division

Daniel Neil Walls

Joint Honours Schools — Single Classification

Second Class Honours, First Division

Joshua Kyle

Second Class Honours, Second Division

Aodhan Liam Brady

Bachelor Of Science

Single Honours Schools

First Class Honours

George Patrick James Bee

Alice Louise Denholm

Laura Selina Mccoy

Niamh Ellen Mckenna

Megan Rose O’kane

Peter Daniel Luke Robinson

James Albert Thompson

Clare Walls

Thomas Whetstone

Second Class Honours, First Division

William Scott Adair

Lee-Roy Tyler Armstrong

Abigail Ballard

Isaac John Barr

Bronagh Bell

Jordan Bloomfield

Georgina Bluck

Sionon Boyle

Anna Mary Bradley

Paige Elizabeth Brown

Imogen Gabrielle Buck

Gabriella Bullman

Cloda Maria Campbell

Nicholas Thomas George Campbell

Niamh Cassidy

Natasha Jilian Cherry

Jenna Connolly

Rebecca Heather Grace Copeland

Marie Therese Crangle

Michelle Crawford

Maia Leslie Devaney

Carrie Lauren Ewing

Kathryn Farmer

Eadaoin Farrell

Erin Claire Galbraith

Ciara Ann Hagan

Jennifer Hampson

Carla Hilland

Brian Hillick

Iain Holliday

Sarah Hughes

Martin Jack Flynn Hunter

Natalie Johnston

Emma Mae Jones

Declan Kane

Ethan Robert Kerr

Keeley-Ann Kerr

Jack Peter Lynch

Benjamin John Mccadden

Rachael Mccamphill

Emma Georgina Mccandless

Niamh Mccusker

Billie-Jo Anne Jane Mcdowell

Maeve Mcgandy

Roisin Anne Mcgrane

Helen McGuinness

Helen McGuinness

Hannah Catherine McInteggart

Claire Murphy

Aaron Murray

Lisa Murray

Ellen Nugent

Sarah Pennell

Ashleigh Phillips

Amy Louise Robinson

Diane Elizabeth Josephine Rowan

Timothy Bryan Seeds

Laura Shiels

Dani Christina Sterling

Josh Turbitt

Ciara Marie Van Merkom

Second Class Honours, Second Division

Orla Marie Burns

Rebecca Leonora Campbell

James Devine

Amy Louise Mallett

Oisin Jonathan McConville

Erin Teresa McGuigan

Eimear Morgan

Maria Rose Carmel Mulholland

Cara O’Neill

Shannen Quinn

Sarah Sproule

Rachael Stewart

Lyndsey Jayne Tucker

Third Class Honours

Connor Michael Duncan

Joint Honours Schools — Single Classification

First Class Honours

Jodie Jackson

Second Class Honours, First Division

David McGall

Megan Page

Katie Elizabeth Watt

Not To Be Presented

School Of Biological Sciences

Postgraduate Diploma In Communication

(Strategic Management For Rural Business)

With Commendation

Stewart Hobson

Postgraduate Certificate In Business For Agri —Food And Rural Enterprise